Ten years have passed since the Space-Time Rift was sealed, with new immigrants coming to the Hisui Region. Some settled into a village, once the Icepeak Camp, since it was near enough to the Pearl Settlement. And despite the harsh, icy conditions, the village was growing.

Until Mara, a former Survey Corps member, encountered a Zoroark, with doom falling upon the village.

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The background with this story is that a friend in a Discord channel shared an idea regarding a horror story involving the player character themselves being a Hisuian Zororark and turning everyone in Jubilife Village into Zoroark. I liked the idea that he shared and even suggested that he writes it, but he encouraged me to do so instead. And after some discussions and refining the story, especially since many of the characters in the game are ambiguous ancestors to many modern-day characters, here is the final story.

Must say, this story was a lot of fun to write. Though I confess that this story wasn't supposed to be created this soon, my friend was eager for it, and the story I was working on at first wasn't jelling as well as I thought. And since I've opened for more commissions (I still have one slot left, BTW), I doubt I'll be writing it anytime soon.

In any case, enjoy!